SPURS Gallery presents the group exhibition 'The Arcadian Dream', curated by art advisor Thomas Stauffer, with works by a total of 13 artists including two Swiss artists Alina Kopytsia and Diego Kohli.
Join us on an odyssey across Mongolia, guided by talented Swiss photographer Marc Progin. Don't miss the grand opening reception on 18th April followed by a cocktail sponsored by the Consulate General of Switzerland.
Basel Symphony Orchestra is to visit China again to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relationship. Dennis Russell Davies will conduct the orchestra to play a concert in Beijing's Forbidden City Concert Hall on 23rd March and a concert in Oriental Art Center in Shanghai on 25th March.
Location: Beijing Forbidden City Concert Hall; Shanghai Oriental Art Center
Tuesday, 17.03.2015
Saturday, 28.03.2015,
Fête de la Francophonie
Movie
As part of the “Rencontres du Cinéma Francophone”, in the setting of the 20th “Fête de la Francophonie”, Switzerland is delighted to present for the first time in China Swiss Director Dominique Othenin-Girard’s movie Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross. This impactful artwork, which is inspired by a true story, has already thrilled and moved viewers in more than 40 countries. To celebrate this happening Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross will be screened in a dozens of cities across China.
Music has always been a part of Bastian Baker life,even as a young boy when music wasn’t at the centre of his preoccupations, he lent his voice to a school choir. Today, at only 24, he already sings on Switzerland and Europe’s biggest stages with the self-confidence of experienced performers. Over two years, he performed hundreds of times. Among the list, very prestigious venues: Montreux Jazz Festival, Paleo Festival and Francofolies de la Rochelle. This is his first tour in China.
Inspired by Romain Gary’s 1964 novel The Ski Bum (or Adieu, Gary Cooper in French), the rock band Adieu Gary Gooper has been invited by the Embassy of Switzerland to participate to the 8th edition of the French speaking music festival, Mars en Folie. Organized with the Alliance Française network, the embassies of Canada, Switzerland and Belgium as well as Wallonia-Brussels Delegation and Quebec government offices in China as a Part of the Fête de la Francophonie, Mars en Folie stages 4 bands which are soon going to stir up young Chinese music fans.
Location: Hong Kong; Macau; Guangzhou; Beijing; Wuhan; Shanghai
With the support of Pro Helvetia Shanghai, Roman Signer first came to China for <Action and Video> project in 2011. Three years later, curator Li Zhenhua initiate Roman Signer's first touring exhibition in China.